Painter41966
I learned to play chess when I was a kid from my father, just the basics. Moved to CA when I was in my 20's... while there I became friends with a guy from Germany who was a chess junky... he got me hooked on it. When I moved I stopped playing as much... why I am not really sure. Anyway, one night not too long ago I was bored and messing around online... and ended up here. Hooked again. NOTE: As for team matches and online challenges, I will only play 24hr per move games now (unless we are friends, then 3 days per move is cool if need be). Too many players on this site now that refuse to move until the last second, this makes 1 game go on for months... which is stupid. I'm here to play chess, not to wait weeks and/or months for 1 move to be made.